Set up type 2 UPC barcode feature for items sold by weight
To set up the type 2 UPC barcode feature for items sold by weight: In Paladin, from the main menu, select File > Setup. Select the Company tab. In the Type 2 UPC pane, check Enable Type-2 UPC. Note: Your scale must support type 2 UPC barcodes. Click Save, then click Close. Determine the part […]
Discontinued Item Report adds location ID
A location system is a valuable organization method for your store, making items easy to find for both you and your customers. For example, the location L112 could represent the left side (L) of aisle 1, section 1, shelf 2. In Paladin, it’s easy to set up a location system. To find out more, refer […]
Ace Hardware: Ace STIHL SKU Conversion utility
The Ace STIHL SKU conversion utility updates STIHL items in your inventory with Ace Hardware SKUs. This one-time process is required for customers to purchase these items from your store on acehardware.com. The utility must be run outside of business hours when no one is using Paladin. The utility can be run on any terminal. […]
Order Analyst: Buy inventory from the lowest-cost EDI suppliers
Note: This feature only applies to stores that actively use one or more of these EDI suppliers: Ace Hardware Orgill Hardware True Value Hardware Emery Jensen Distribution (EJD) House Hasson The money you invest in your store’s inventory has a direct and significant impact on your bottom line. While you can’t control supplier costs, you […]
True Value Hardware: Missing order items with PO type
Note: This feature only applies to stores that use the True Value Hardware EDI system to send and receive purchase orders. Missing items on received supplier orders are common and can occur for many reasons. In the True Value Hardware EDI ordering system, if items are missing from a complete (fully-received) purchase order (PO), you […]
Prevent manual discounts from applying to Net items
You can prevent an inventory item from being automatically discounted by checking Net on top of the Pricing Levels pane in the Pricing tab of Paladin’s Inventory module. Figure 1: Net checkbox in Pricing tab of the Inventory module When you press F4 Discount Item in the Invoice/Quote module to apply a percentage discount to an […]
Transaction Report: View per-item prices for quantity discount transactions
When an item is sold in a discounted quantity, a Paladin Configuration option can be set so that the calculated price per item will show instead of the quantity discount price in the Transaction report. For example, if the price to purchase an item quantity of 2 is $25, and the new option is turned […]
Manage obscure inventory access
Many suppliers provide an all-item catalog that can be imported into Paladin using an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) process. Catalog items that are not in active inventory are called obscure inventory items. If your store is set up with EDI, you can follow these steps: In Paladin, from the main menu, select File > Setup. […]
SynTech FuelMaster EDI
With the Syntech FuelMaster integration, you can sell fuel and do the following: Attach Syntech FuelMaster invoices to Paladin customer accounts. Add Syntech FuelMaster charge purchases to a customer’s account balance. Manage Syntech FuelMaster fuel purchases as inventory items. Benefit from Paladin’s Market Driven Inventory Management™ system, which forecasts future fuel needs based on your […]
Stock on Hand and Shrinkage History record
To analyze and reconcile and item’s stock on hand (SOH) changes, you need to know the initial SOH value when the item was added to your inventory. In Paladin, the SOH history and Shrinkage history record an item’s SOH changes over time due to inventory counting and receiving. In Paladin’s Inventory module, when a new […]
Create Sale signs in the Inventory module
Note: To view samples of sign styles and sign sizes, refer to the LTSR catalog. To create a sale sign in the Inventory module In Paladin, on the top ribbon, select the Inventory module. Enter or scan the barcode of the part number for the sale sign that you want. Press Enter. Open the General […]
Alternate part number safeguard: Obscure inventory items
Alternate part numbers let you maintain a single inventory item in Paladin when you buy that item from multiple suppliers. During invoicing, an item can be retrieved by any of its part numbers, primary or alternate. To help protect you from associating unlike items when you manually add alternate part numbers, there is a safeguard. […]
Order Manager: Turn quotes into orders
When a quote becomes an order, the item quantities and prices are fixed. This ensures that a customer always receives the quoted price for an order item, but that this price is only good for the quoted amount. If additional amounts of an order item (beyond the quoted quantity) are added to an invoice at […]
Inventory Master Report
The Inventory Master report provides active inventory details including price, margin, stock on hand (SOH), and inventory sales totals for any supplier. To create the Inventory Master report: In Paladin, on the top ribbon, select the Reports module. In the Report Area pane, select Inventory > General. In the Report List pane, select Master Report. […]
BOGO dollars-off sales
To set up Buy One Get One (BOGO) dollars-off sales: In Paladin, from the main menu, select File > Setup. Select the Sale List tab. In the Sales pane click New. In the Name box, enter a name for the BOGO sale. In the ID box, enter a unique identification for the sale. In the Source box, nothing is required. Select […]
